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Victoria Clipper offering flu shot trips to Victoria

09:42 AM PDT on Friday, October 22, 2004

Associated Press

SEATTLE - A high-speed ferry trip to Victoria, British Columbia - AND a flu shot. Brilliant, eh?

Trying to capitalize on the flu shot shortage in the United States, Clipper Navigation is offering travelers aboard the Victoria Clipper a special rate of $105 per person for both round-trip transportation and a flu shot. The normal fare is $115 per person, the company said Thursday.

The shots will be administered to passengers at the Belleville Terminal once the passenger has been cleared by Canada Customs and Immigration, officials said.

The shots will be available Monday through Saturday until Dec. 31, officials said. Those who have already booked their trips can add a flu shot for $30.

The Victoria Clipper departs Seattle at 8 a.m. and leaves Victoria at 5 p.m. daily.

So many Americans are going north for flu shots that health officials in Vancouver, B.C., are planning a one-day clinic specifically for U.S. citizens on Oct. 30. It will be held at the Health Authority at 601 West Broadway in downtown Vancouver.

The influenza vaccination shots will cost about $40 U.S. or $50 Canadian, $30 as a clinic fee and $20 for the vaccine.

The flu shots in Canada are not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, but that isn’t stopping those who can’t get vaccinated in the United States.

During the past week, nurses in Surrey, B.C. have given shots to hundreds of Americans.

Dr, Paul Assad of the International Travel Health and Vaccination Clinic said about 90 percent of his customers recently were Americans. He has 10,000 doses on hand. While he will administer the shots to anyone who asks, the majority of his patients are from high-risk categories, including a lot of cancer sufferers

I got a letter yesterday from the District Hospital here saying that the CDC has not allocated them any vaccine for their Seniors flu shot clinic this season..They have had these clinics for years. The drug store I do business with canceled their shot clinics too, no vaccine...So guess I won't get a shot this year.....
Wonder if being a blue state has anything to do with the shortage here?? Nah, 'they' wouldn't do anything like that would they????

.....Westy.....

I was at the dr last Fri and they put me down for a flu shot which I got that day!

Of cours I am a Red state (in name only?) I wonder all of our conservative talks shows are #1 there are no comerical supported liberal talk!

I think voter fraud has been going on for years with the help of phony Republican in sheep clothing.

One year I volunteered at a Republican polling place to do fund raising during Reagan time!

I really was in a moderated or liberal camp they had none of the Reagan values but used his name to raise money!

A thought just occured what if the Democratic posed on the phone or web site as a Repubican outlet?